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Blizzard lives in a fantasy world of Tophats and Monocles

HURRY HURRY HURRY LADIES AND GENTLEMEN FOR THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME OFFER

I had a rather long rant here but after reading it over a few times, fuck it. I can sum up this entire post in a few words. Blizzard is an amazingly great game development company. They produce some of the best games out there without contest, and they know that they have a very significant group of loyal (addicted) players willing to pay money hand over fist for anything Blizzard provides.

I can’t find a nice way of writing this post. I guess I’m feeling a little like “What the fuck, like you people aren’t literally wiping your collective asses with Benjamin Franklin’s face and yet it’s going to cost me about that much if I want to use 2-3 of the services provided?”

I’m starting to wonder if this is the future for all gaming. Sell something for $50, charge a monthly fee of $15, then offer micro transactions for ranging prices of $10-35 as well as $50 again for every expansion that comes out. You could just lower the prices you know, I don’t think it’s going to cripple the foundation of the company for too long if you charge say $5 instead of $25 for a race change. What do you think?

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